The Podvig with Joel Dunn

Joel Dunn
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The Podvig with Joel Dunn

Plumb the depths of your Orthodox faith! The Podivg offers unique and relevant meditations on Eastern Orthodox theology, scripture, saints, and hymnody to support YOUR podvig (spiritual struggle). Subscribe now! Let's fight the good fight of faith together! St. Theophan the Recluse defines our entire Christian life as podvig. He explains that the spirit hates sin, while the flesh dwells in it. How is this battle within ourselves to be resolved? Through podvig, that spiritual struggle of bringing the soul into mastery over the body. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepodvigpod/support

  1. APR 9

    35: The Problem with the Garments of Leaves

    There were two main problems with the garments of leaves. The garments were taken from a tree that didn’t belong to Adam and the woman as a selfish, external sacrifice, and, The leaves were an insufficient cover for their sin because they were too different from man.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepodvigpod/support

    14 min

  2. APR 3 · BONUS

    Bonus Episode: A Mid-Fast Meditation (Isaiah 58)

    Here's some encouragement from Holy Scripture as we approach the mid-point of the great fast. "And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach" Isaiah 58:12 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepodvigpod/support

    5 min

  3. MAR 29

    34: The Garments of Leaves

    After The Fall, Adam and the woman's instinct for self-preservation resulted in them taking and making clothing from fig leaves.  They dimly perceived their lack of self-sufficiency and attempted to cover themselves, to hide their shame, and to hold themselves together.   --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepodvigpod/support

    14 min

  4. MAR 24

    33: Stripped of Glory: Unveiling the Biblical Symbolism of Adam and Eve’s Nakedness

    According to the Genesis 3 account of the fall of Man, the first and most immediate result of Adam and Eve’s consumption of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil was the realization that they were naked.  According to St. Ambrose of Milan: "Whoever has lost the covering of his nature and virtue is naked." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepodvigpod/support

    8 min

  5. 11/13/2023

    32: The Law Written on Hearts of Flesh

    The law written by the hand of God on stone tablets represents the law’s inability to enliven the dead, for when Moses descended the mountain, the people had already created the golden calf.  Therefore, the tablets were remade and Moses wrote on the stone tablets. But Christ, who fulfilled the law and took His life back up again, now writes the law on living hearts of flesh. Visit https://thepodvig.com to sign up now! Support the show! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepodvigpod/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepodvigpod/support

    11 min

  6. 10/30/2023

    31: Take up Your Cross and Follow Me

    This episode focuses on sharing the afflictions of Christ through bearing our own cross. Sacrifice was established as soon as mankind was expelled from paradise where Adam and Eve did not sacrifice their own will, but instead took the fruit for themselves.  Love in sacrifice and sacrifice in love are the cornerstones of true Life. Without love, sacrifice kills; without sacrifice, love is barren sentiment.   Visit https://thepodvig.com to sign up now! Support the show! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepodvigpod/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepodvigpod/support

    10 min

  7. 10/23/2023

    30: The Door to Mysteries

    This episode delves into the concept of the cross as baptism from the Old Testament to the New, in which Christ calls His crucifixion a baptism. Sign up at https://thepodvig.com to get the full transcript episode! Support the podcast here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepodvigpod/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepodvigpod/support

    12 min

  8. 10/16/2023

    29: The Weapon of the Cross

    Like the wooden horse given to the city of Troy, the Cross of Jesus Christ is not at all what it seems. It is dead wood that produced the ripened fruit of eternal life; it's a sword disguised as gallows. Sign up at https://thepodvig.com to get the full transcript episode! Support the podcast here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepodvigpod/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepodvigpod/support

    11 min
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Plumb the depths of your Orthodox faith! The Podivg offers unique and relevant meditations on Eastern Orthodox theology, scripture, saints, and hymnody to support YOUR podvig (spiritual struggle). Subscribe now! Let's fight the good fight of faith together! St. Theophan the Recluse defines our entire Christian life as podvig. He explains that the spirit hates sin, while the flesh dwells in it. How is this battle within ourselves to be resolved? Through podvig, that spiritual struggle of bringing the soul into mastery over the body. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepodvigpod/support

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